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New Measurements of Thousand-Seed Weights of Species in the Pannonian Flora Introduction Acta Botanica Hungarica 58(1–2), pp. 187–198, 2016 DOI: 10.1556/034.58.2016.1–2.10 NEW MEASUREMENTS OF THOUSAND-SEED WEIGHTS OF SPECIES IN THE PANNONIAN FLORA TÖrÖk, P.1*, TÓth, E.2, TÓth, K.2, ValkÓ, O.1, Deák, B.1, Kelbert, B.2, Bálint, P.2, RadÓcz, Sz.2, Kelemen, A.1, Sonkoly, J.2, Miglécz, T.2, Matus, G.3, Takács, A.3, Molnár, V. A.3, View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE SÜveges, K.3, Papp, L.4, Papp, L. Jr.5, TÓth, Z.5, Baktay, B.6, Málnási Csizmadia, G.6, Oláh, I.6, Peti, E.6, Schellenberger, J.6, Szalkovszki, O6, Kiss, R2 and TÓthmérész, B.1,2 provided by Repository of the Academy's Library 1MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary; E-mail: *[email protected] 2Department of Ecology, University of Debrecen, H-4002 Debrecen, P.O. Box 400, Hungary 3Department of Botany, University of Debrecen, H-4010 Debrecen, P.O. Box 14, Hungary 4Botanical Garden, University of Debrecen, H-4010 Debrecen, P.O. Box 40, Hungary 5Department of Plant Taxonomy and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Hungary 6Centre for Plant Diversity (CPD), H-2766 Tápiószele, Külsőmező 15, Hungary (Received 6 July, 2015; Accepted 26 August, 2015) For understanding local and regional seed dispersal and plant establishment processes and for considering the ecotypes and other forms of specific variability, hard data of locally or regionally measured traits are necessary. We provided newly measured seed weight data of 193 taxa, out of which 24 taxa had not been represented in the SID, LEDA or BiolFlor databases. Our new measurements and formerly published data of locally collected seed weight records together covers over 70% of the Pannonian flora. However, there is still a considerable lack in seed weight data of taxonomically problematic genera, even though they are represented in the Pannonian flora with a relatively high number of species and/ or subspecies (e.g. Sorbus, Rosa, Rubus, Crataegus and Hieracium). Our regional database contains very sporadic data on aquatic plants (including also numerous invasive species reported from Hungary and neighbouring countries) and some rare weeds distributed in the southwestern part of the country. These facts indicate the necessity of further seed col- lection and measurements. Key words: dry storage, hard trait, herbarium, plant trait, restoration, seed database, seed mass INTRODUCTION One of the most easily measurable physical trait of a plant is the weight of its seeds. Seed weight (or referred to also as seed mass) affects the regenera- tion strategy and the dispersal of plant species both in space (spatial dispersal) and time (development of a seed bank). Seed weight is also strongly related 0236–6495/$ 20.00 © 2016 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 188 TÖRÖK, P., TÓTH, E., TÓTH, K., VALKÓ, O., DEÁK, B., KELBERT, B., BÁLINT, P. et al. to seed predation events (larger seeds are more likely predated), germination processes, seedling establishment and survival (Eriksson 2000). Thus, in the last few decades seed traits (incl. seed weight) became frequently used for explaining crucial dynamical processes in plant communities (Leishman et al. 2001, Moles et al. 2007) and for analysing life trait scenarios (Beaulieu et al. 2007, Moles and Westoby 2003). There is also an increasing trend to col- lect hard and soft traits into searchable and electronically available databases. This also holds for seed traits, which can be found for the European flora in comprehensive databases, such as BiolFlor (Klotz et al. 2002), BIOPOP (Kleyer 1995), LEDA (Kleyer et al. 2008), TRY (Kattge et al. 2011a, b) the Seed informa- tion database SID 7.1 (Kew Botanical Garden, Liu et al. 2008), the Dispersal and diaspore database (Hintze et al. 2013), and the Digital seed atlas of the Netherlands (Cappers et al. 2012). These databases contain data for most of the common European species, especially species with a northwestern or Cen- tral European distribution. Species distributed mostly in southern or eastern Europe are generally underrepresented in these databases; thus, providing new, locally collected data on seed weights is a vital task in these regions (see also Csontos et al. 2003, 2007, Török et al. 2013). Furthermore, for understand- ing local and regional seed dispersal and plant establishment processes and for considering the ecotypes and local specific variability hard data of locally or regionally measured traits are necessary (Cordlandwehr et al. 2013). Be- yond the measurement of traits, biological collections, such as seed herbaria and seed banks can store a large number of viable seeds; so they can be used as genetic material for ex situ conservation (Li and Pritchard 2009). Especially hard-coated seeds can retain their viability in dry storage for prolonged peri- ods, even over a century (Molnár et al. 2015). In the current paper, in addition to Török et al. (2013), we provided new locally measured thousand-seed weight records for 193 species of the Pannon- ian flora. MATERIALS AND METHOD Seeds and fruits were collected typically between 2010 and 2014 in Hun- gary (in total 161 items, 82.6%). Some other seed sorts were collected in the neighbouring countries, in Romania (5.7%, RO), Croatia (0.5%, CRO), Slova- kia (0.5%, SK) and Slovenia (0.5%, SL). In addition, some other sorts origi- nated from outside of the Pannonian Basin: Finland (8.7%, FIN), Greece (0.5%, GR), or Turkey (1.0%, TR). A fraction (4.1%) of the seeds was collected from living plant collections mostly in the Botanical Garden of the University of Debrecen (C – see Appendix 1). Seven seed sorts originated from cultivated stands without knowing the origin of seeds used for cultivation. Collection Acta Bot. Hung. 58, 2016 NEW MEASUREMENTS OF THOUSAND-SEED WEIGHTS IN THE PANNONIAN FLORA 189 dates and locations are reported in Appendix 1. The collected plant material was air-dried then cleaned by hand (also using seed blower and sieves) and dry-stored till measurement. The seeds from fleshy fruits were washed out, then dried. Seed sorts of 100 seeds (germinules or dispersules) were counted to estimate thousand-seed weights. In case of easy-to-harvest and/or common species at least three sorts of 100 seeds were measured. Physically damaged or unfertile seeds were omitted from counting. The air-dry weight of species was measured with 0.0001 g accuracy using a Sartorius 1702, a Kern ACJ 120-4M or a Kern 410 type analytical balance, up to 200 g. Kern 572 type balance was used above 200 g, with an accuracy of 0.01 g. Dust-seeded species (orchids, Monotropa, Pyrola and Orobanche species) were measured using an AA-200DS (Denver Instrument) type analytical balance with an accuracy of 0.00001 g. Following the seed weight measurements, most of the seed samples were placed at the seed herbarium (containing more than 2,500 records) located at the Department of Ecology (University of Debrecen, DE), at the Soó Rezső Herbarium at the Department of Botany (University of Debrecen, DE), or at the CPD active storage facility (Tápiószele). RESULTS In total, we provided newly measured seed weight data of 193 taxa (Ap- pendix 1), out of which 24 taxa had not been represented in the SID, LEDA or BiolFlor databases. DISCUSSION We are convinced that a database of locally collected seed records and oth- er easily measurable traits would enhance not only the theoretical research of local plant community assembly and functioning, but can help in the practical restoration works. For habitat restoration it is important to use locally harvest- ed plant material (incl. also locally produced or collected seeds; Mijnsbrugge et al. 2010). To compose and fine-tune a proper seed mixture for restoration works and other purposes (i.e. setting the ratios of constituent species) it is necessary to have locally measured seed weights (adjusting or assess the seed numbers sown for respective species). It can also help in the technical implica- tion of sowing, seeds with different sizes, shapes and weights can be hardly sown together with sowing machinery and it requires specific knowledge. * Acknowledgements – The first author was supported by OTKA PD 100 192 during the prepa- ration of the manuscript. ET, SR, SJ and AT were supported by the NTP-EFÖ-P-15 pro- Acta Bot. Hung. 58, 2016 190 TÖRÖK, P., TÓTH, E., TÓTH, K., VALKÓ, O., DEÁK, B., KELBERT, B., BÁLINT, P. et al. ject by the Human Capacities Grant Management Office and the Hungarian Ministry of Human Capacities. The study was supported by the SROP-4.2.2.B-15/1/KONV20150001 project. AMV was supported by TÁMOP-4.2.4.A/2-11/1-2012-and OTKA K108992 grants. OV was supported by OTKA PD 111807 grant. Seed collecting and processing activity of CPD were carried out in the frame of “Establishment of the Pannon Seed Bank for the long- term ex situ conservation of Hungarian vascular wild plants” EU LIFE+ project, which was financed by the EU LIFE+ Biodiversity fund and the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture. REFERENCES Beaulieu, M. M., Moles, A. T., Leitch, I. J., Bennett, M. D., Dickie, J. B. and Knight, C. A. (2007): Correlated evolution of genome size and seed mass. – New Phytol. 173: 422– 437. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01919.x Cappers, R. T. J., Bekker, R. M. and Jans, J. E. A. (2012): Digital seed atlas of the Netherlands. – Barkhuis Publishing, Eelde, The Netherlands, 502 pp. http://www.seedatlas.nl Cordlandwehr, V., Meredith, R. L., Ozinga, W. A., Bekker, R.
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